On Friday, I had a goofy holiday moment that spurred a little American Christmas shopping nostalgia– something I thought I would never have. And it was at Starbucks, of all places. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Notes From Underground
Greetings from Tainan, city of 1000 temples! This one is Confucius Temple, photographed at dusk.
I’ve spent the last two weeks…
… traveling during my break from classes– going to Chiayi, Siluo, and Tainan, getting a wretched stomach flu, recovering, and diving into a week of using Chinese intensively in my research and new private 1-on-1 Chinese class. With my tutor, I hope to eventually start READING the historical sources I’ve found which use Mandarin. Last night, I gave a 20-minute talk to Zheng Da undergraduates about doing research in college: in Chinese. (Broken Chinese, but Chinese nonetheless.)
Phew. Continue reading
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Girl Meets Formosa 